Frames and Lenses

I believe I shall need my frames and lenses

Yes, to see the sand beneath my feet

And eat the coconuts from the trees

But not just to see, not just to survive

I shall need my frames to revive my memories

to recognize my own reflection

to remember being told I look like a librarian

to recall the time they broke under a lover's foot

to relive myself

I shall need my lenses to see the horizon

to spot incoming ships and be rescued

to sense the grandeur of the sea

to show that there's still a future

to save myself

I shall need my frames for the past

And my lenses for the future

I believe I shall need my frames and lenses

To know who I am, and to return to her